Images

A photograph of General Erwin Rommel with his staff during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Australian troops at the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A German Pzkw Mk III tank during the Battle of Gazala (May-June 1942) in the North Africa Campaign during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in June 1943 of Winston Churchill (raising his hat on his cane) addressing troops in the ancient theatre of Carthage, Tunisia during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing the aftermath of the Siege of Tobruk (1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a group of Supermarine Spitfires of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Goubrine in the North Africa Campaign during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of a British Grant tank driver in the North Africa Campaign during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1942 photograph showing a British RAF Lockheed Hudson flying over the Egyptian pyramids during the North Africa Campaign of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

German artillery at the Siege of Tobruk (1941-2) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A July 1942 photograph of a British Eighth Army Humber Mk II armoured car during the Western Desert Campaigns of the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)